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Orlando Youth Center
Dedicated on July 13, 1958, the Orlando Youth Center used to be the scene of teen activity for the Orlando crowd in the days before Disney.
Soon to be the new home of the Orlando Ballet, the Loch Haven Community Center,...
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Eau Gallie, Florida
Oral history interview with Reverend Gene Zimmerman and his wife, Emily Ann Zimmerman, as they share details of the friendship between Zora Neale Hurston and Emily Ann's mother, Mrs. H. A. Owen.
Ms. Hurston and Mrs. Owen became friends in Eau...
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Las Memorias 1929
This copy of "Las Memorias" -- the 1929 yearbook of Orlando Senior High School (sometimes referred to as Orlando High School) belonged to Elizabeth Stalder. Her children, Betty Jo Stockton and Bob Kieser, donated their father's and their mother's high...
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Las Memorias 1930
This copy of the 1930 "Las Memorias" - the yearbook of Orlando Senior High School belonged to Elizabeth Stalder. Her children, Betty Jo Stockton and Bob Kieser, donated their father and mother's high school yearbooks to the library.
Only pages with...
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Las Memorias 1926
This copy of "Las Memorias" - the yearbook of Orlando Senior High School, sometimes just referred to as Orlando High School, belonged to Robert J. Kieser. His children, Betty Jo Stockton and Bob Kieser, donated their father's and their mother's...
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Las Memorias 1928
This 1928 copy of "Las Memorias"- the yearbook of Orlando Senior High School - belonged to Robert J. Kieser. His children, Betty Jo Stockton and Bob Kieser, donated their father's and their mother's high school yearbooks to the library.
Only pages...
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Lake Conway
Oral history interview with Mr. James C. Robinson at his home on Lake Conway, March 11, 2016.
Attorney James C. Robinson wrote the Laws of Florida Chapter 57-1643, House Bill No. 1626, to be known as "Lake Conway Water and Navigation...
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George Stuart Office Supply 1938 - 1989
George Stuart Office Supply Closes
The November 18, 1989, edition of the Orlando Sentinel brought sadness to many Orlando residents who had frequented George Stuart Office Supply at Robinson and Magnolia since it opened in 1938. The Sentinel reported that the...
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Enyart Field House - Rollins College
The Enyart Field House at Rollins College
The Enyart Field House at Rollins College in Winter Park is no more. It was totally remodeled, enlarged and renamed in 2001. The Rollins College archives describes the its history complete with photographs. Here...
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Mayor Bob Carr Municipal Auditorium
History
The Orlando Municipal Auditorium was designed in 1925 by Cruz and Parrish, Architects. The classic revival design had an interior arrangement adapted from the Roman Coliseum. It was a very functional design constructed of brick, steel and concrete by J...
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Beardall Park
On September 17, 1973 the City of Orlando dedicated Beardall Park in honor of Mayor William "Billy" Beardall. The program created for the dedication includes his photograph, an aerial view of the park, list of dignitaries a brief bio of...
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Azalea Park - An Illustrated History
The Azalea Park neighborhood in Orlando was created from the remains of a private air field and was considered at the time to be the crowning achievement for developer Wellborn C. Phillips, Sr.
Residents of the neighborhood researched and collected historical...
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